"The benevolent are not anxious."
"Those with benevolence have clear consciences."
"Student Colmar would not feel uneasy because she shattered a magician's dream, would not feel guilty because she had experimented on magicians, nor would she feel remorse for teaching Sacrificial Magic."
"Neither would I... Just like the world beneath our feet, my state of mind would not ripple in the slightest because I had just destroyed hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of souls."
"This is not cold-bloodedness, nor is it depravity."
"It is because we hold higher ideals and convictions."
"This is very important."
"As you walk the path of magic, you will see more and more things that are cruel, fanatical, and world-shattering. You will have more and more opportunities to choose. Very often, those choices will be dilemmas. How to make the right choice is more important than teaching you a powerful spell."
"If you wish to become a truly compassionate person, you must act with a clear conscience. This is not merely a matter of proper conduct, but of having an open and untroubled heart."
"When the heart is open and untroubled, inner demons retreat on their own, and the sacred heart is prepared."
The teacher patiently instructed him, and Zheng Qing respectfully absorbed it all, recording every word in his little notebook. The emerald-green Quill Pen had never drunk ink so heartily.
Only after a long while, when Zheng Qing's writing wrist had grown sore, did he finally finish recording the teacher's words. He let out a satisfied breath and put away the Quill Pen in hand.
The teacher had waited patiently for him to take notes all along.
"That is roughly all for today's lesson." The teacher walked a few steps with the young wizard through the empty world before slowly asking,